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It's Sensational!

Intruder in the Dust

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.

Credits

Intruder in the Dust Cast

Name Character
Porter Hall He was 61, 65 years old when he died as Nub Gowrie
Dan White He was 3, 39 years old when he died as Will Legate (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson She was 74, 90 years old when she died as Miss Eunice Habersham
Claude Jarman, Jr. He was 15, now 89 years old as Chick Mallison
Will Geer He was 47, 76 years old when he died as Sheriff Hampton
Harry Antrim He was 65, 82 years old when he died as Mr. Tubbs
David Brian He was 35, 78 years old when he died as John Gavin Stevens
Charles Kemper He was 49, 49 years old when he died as Crawford Gowrie
Juano Hernández He was 53, 73 years old when he died as Lucas Beauchamp
Lela Bliss She was 53, 84 years old when she died as Mrs. Mallison
Harry Hayden He was 67, 72 years old when he died as Mr. Mallison
Elzie Emanuel as Aleck
David Clarke He was 41, 95 years old when he died as Vinson Gowrie

Intruder in the Dust Crew

Name Department
Adolph Deutsch as Original Music Composer. He was 52 (82) years old when He died Sound
Ralph S. Hurst as Set Decoration. He was 32 (55) years old when He died Art
Edwin B. Willis as Set Decoration. He was 56 (70) years old when He died Art
Robert Surtees as Director of Photography. He was 43 (78) years old when He died Camera
Randall Duell as Art Direction. He was 46 (89) years old when He died Art
William Faulkner as Novel. He was 52 (64) years old when He died Writing
Robert Kern as Editor. He was 64 (87) years old when He died Editing
Ben Maddow as Writer. He was 40 (83) years old when He died Writing
Cedric Gibbons as Art Direction. He was 56 (67) years old when He died Art
Clarence Brown as Director. He was 59 (97) years old when He died Directing
Clarence Brown as Producer. He was 59 (97) years old when He died Production
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Intruder in the Dust (74 years)

It's Sensational!

  • Release day: Tuesday, November 22, 1949
  • Runtime: 87 minutes